Markets, jobs & Main Street
Charging part of a service on the card and quietly collecting the rest off the books has a name, skimming, and it is one of the surest ways to raise concern with the IRS. Here is why it is riskier than it looks, and what honest owners do instead.
Paying part of a worker's wages in cash off the books can feel like a win for everyone, but of all the habits in this series it's the one the IRS treats most seriously. Here is why it raises concern, and why it quietly hurts your staff too.
The J.M. Smucker Co. and its Big Heart Pet Brands subsidiary will invest $20.5 million to expand a pet food manufacturing plant in Topeka, backed by local incentives.
The sale of the landmark Hotel Topeka to Endeavor Hotel Group was expected to close in mid-July, marking a new chapter for the capital city's largest convention hotel.
Panasonic's massive De Soto battery plant neared the halfway mark on production while construction pressed ahead on a second wing, cementing Kansas's place in advanced manufacturing.
A survey of Kansas small-business owners found rising optimism heading into summer, tempered by concerns about labor and costs.
A growing crop of craft breweries and distilleries is adding taprooms and boosting demand for Kansas-grown grain.
A national retailer will build a distribution center at the intermodal logistics park south of Kansas City, promising hundreds of jobs.
Small businesses in rural Kansas say new high-speed internet connections are opening markets that were previously out of reach.